Clerk Stops Robbery with Empanadas 3.18K Max Read 12/01/10 03:23AM Filed to: mexican food mexican food Crime Empandas New Mexico Tweetg Fb A Mexican restaurant cashier foiled an attempted cash register robbery last week by throwing a box of empanadas at the thief! (No, not because he stopped to eat them.) He dropped the register, and ran away, "covering his head."